Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder6.news.weretis.net!news.misty.com!news.iecc.com!.POSTED.news.iecc.com!nerds-end From: Roger L Costello Newsgroups: comp.compilers Subject: Re: syntax complexity Date: Mon, 20 Feb 2023 15:09:18 +0000 Organization: Compilers Central Sender: johnl@iecc.com Approved: comp.compilers@iecc.com Message-ID: <23-02-052@comp.compilers> References: <23-02-045@comp.compilers> <23-02-047@comp.compilers> <23-02-050@comp.compilers> <29156_1676600565_63EEE4F4_29156_1009_1_23-02-051@comp.compilers> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Info: gal.iecc.com; posting-host="news.iecc.com:2001:470:1f07:1126:0:676f:7373:6970"; logging-data="28399"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@iecc.com" Keywords: syntax, question Posted-Date: 20 Feb 2023 12:46:00 EST X-submission-address: compilers@iecc.com X-moderator-address: compilers-request@iecc.com X-FAQ-and-archives: http://compilers.iecc.com Thread-Topic: syntax complexity Thread-Index: AQHZRT1Nf7Ln0mpyG0extuZP9rnVPQ== In-Reply-To: <29156_1676600565_63EEE4F4_29156_1009_1_23-02-051@comp.compilers> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US Xref: csiph.com comp.compilers:3391 Hello Compiler Experts! Scenario: you have a language that has a BNF. You write a statement in the language. It is a relatively simple, basic statement. The statement conforms to the BNF. To show its conformance, you write the derivation of the statement. Surprisingly, deriving the statement takes many, many rules. Does that signify that the language's syntax is too complex? /Roger